The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-07-06

our land and our State. / repeat it,
gentlemen. we must tight!A and /
popped MY fist In the palm Of my
hand. About that time the first big
shells commenced scattering thcit i'm
feeling contents atiiong the suburbs,
and ] relied down my sleeves and put
on my coat again. Then came the big
rsnlcs; then shrieked the man-eater;
then howled the wild hyena among the
hills of Babylon. All sorts Of people
seemed moving in all sorts Of ways
with accelerated motion. They gained
on their shadows as they run, and their
legs grew longer at every step allow
many miles to Millwtishtt" said L
But no response came, for their legs
were as long as light, and every burst
ing she'll was an old witch on the road.
Cars were the all III Ill. Depots we're
the senter of space. The passenger
depot was thronged with anxious seek
ers for transportation. "Won'. you
let these boxes go as haSgage?' "No,
madam. II Is impossible" Just then
it Family trunk as big as bureau was
moved in and the poor woman got
desperate. "All I've got amt as
heavy as that she said, land I'm a
poor widow and my husband Was
killed in the army" We took tip her
| boxes and showed then, in In spite OF
the baggageman.
Everywhere was hurrying to and
fro at a lively tune, ''What's to-day,
niggere" said a female darkey with a
hoepskirt on her arm. "Taint no day
honey dat cher l seed; yistiddy was
Sunday and reckon to-day is Runday
from the way de white folks is movin
about. Yah! Yah! Amt nfeerd o
dem Yankees, / amt, but dem sizzir
bumshells kill a niger fore you cal
lick your tongue out; gwine to gi
away frum here, | is"
went into doctors shop and fount
my friend packing up his Walls ant
medicine. An old skeleton with bu
one leg was swinging from the top o
long box in the corner, looking lik
mournful emblem of the trouble
city.
care you going to leave him t
stand guardP" said I. 81 suppose
> WILL" said he, "for I've got no trans
portation for him."
Take that screw out his skull,
said l, "and give him crutch and he
travel. Allhesh is moving, and / thin
the bones will catch the contagit
u soon."
A few doors further a venerable all
tioneer was surveying the rushin
running crowd, and every now and the
would raise his arm and exclaim: sc
q ing. going, going, gone-who's Il
e blder?" "Old Father Time" said
u He'll get them all before long"
The door of an old friends residen
swung open to my gaze, and walk
in. Various gentlemen were discu:
:: ing the foul invader over Jug of q
: parting spirits. II believe I'll u
pack" said one; "ding'd if I'm afra
r., Of a blue-tailed fly. I'm going to
: down and be easy" I'm horn," So
l. just then slzzin, singing, era
: shell sung short meter hymn rig
over the house. "Jake, has that DIR
come?'' he shouted, as he bounced
his feet. "Confound that dray, bla,
my skin if I'll ever get dray to mo
|; these things. Boys let's take anotf
drink"
After the drink another hero ]
marked: "Boys, lets stay and see
out-durned if it don't look coward
to rum" He poured another spi
from the jug and said: "Boys, "
shall we drink top "Cassabianc;
~ said l. "Good-good!" they shout
~. "Lets drink to Cabasianka. I've spt
% it a thousand times" He mounted
VI broken sofa and declaimed:
Ill "The boy stood burning on the deck
us Whence all had fed but him."
us 'sThat's me-" said one. ''It's
as exactly said another. II am Ca
d. sianker myself-dog my cat if l do
er be the last one to leave this ship !
>;s II